REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON NOMINATIONS The nominating committee suggests that the following persons be elected to fill the various offices for the Interstate Commerce Commission Practitioners year 1953 to 1954, and are as follows: Howard G. Freas, California, President Wilbur LaRoe, Jr., Washington, D. C., Treasurer James Pinkney, Washington, D. C., Secretary For the Vice-Presidents, even-numbered districts: District No. 2-John R. Mahoney, 25 Broadway, New York, N. Y. District No. 4-Edward Dumbauld, Uniontown, Pa. District No. 6-R. L. Murphy, Atlanta, Ga. District No. 8-Harry E. Yockey, Indianapolis, Ind. Yours truly, I. W. WHITAKER, Chairman, K. C. BATCHELDER, The annual meeting of the Practitioners Association, which will be held at San Francisco at the Hotel St. Francis on May 13-14, promises to be an outstanding gathering of those who practice before the Interstate Commerce Commission or are interested in transportation problems generally. The Committee on Arrangements, headed by Mr. Gordon J. Pinkerton, has done an excellent job in preparing for those who will attend the convention. A complete program has been mailed to each member setting forth in some detail just what may be expected, introducing those who will participate in the panel discussions, as well as those who will play a prominent part in the conduct of the meeting. On May 12th, at 2:00 P. M., there will be a meeting of the Association's Executive Committee, and at 6:30 P. M. on the same day a dinner will be held by the Executive Committee for the Chairmen of Regional Chapters and other officers of the Association. The First Business Session of the Convention will commence at 9:30 A. M. on the 13th in the Italian Room, President A. H. Schwietert, presiding. An address of welcome will be delivered by General Richard E. Mittelstaedt, Chairman of the California Public Utilities Commission, after which there will be a report by the President covering the past year's activities. Mr. I. W. Whittaker will then present the Report of the Committee on Nominations, which is printed elsewhere in this issue of the Journal. Following these preliminaries there will be "A Forum on Transportation Policy." Those who will lead the discussion are: Messrs. Howard G. Freas, Moderator; Giles Morrow; James Pinkney; George H Shafer and James Sinclair. At 12:30 P. M. on the 13th a luncheon will be held in the Colonial Room. The Toastmaster will be Allan P. Matthew, Attorney-at-Law, San Francisco; the Guest Speaker will be Honorable Anthony F. Arpaia. His subject is: "The Attitude of the Several Forms of Transportation Toward Regulation." On the afternoon of the 13th, in the Italian Room, the Second Business Session will get under way at 2:30 P. M., President Schwietert. presiding. There will be a resumption of the panel discussion carried over from the morning session to be followed by several Committee Reports. A Reception will be held in the Italian Room at 5:30 P. M., compliments of The Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway System. Members and their wives are most cordially invited. The Annual Dinner will be held in the Colonial Room at 7:00 P. M. On May 14th, in the Italian Room, the Third Business Session will commence at 9:30 A. M., President Schwietert presiding. The first order of business will be the Election of Officers for 1953-1954. A Second Forum on "Administrative Agency Organization and Rules of Practice" will be held. Those participating will be Messrs. Allan P. Matthew, Moderator; Robert N. Burchmore; S. H. Moerman; James H. Morrison and John R. Turney. These forums are for the purpose of discussing the important subjects fully described in the Program, and it is hoped that the members present will participate fully in the debate. This concludes the Business Sessions. The San Francisco Committee on Arrangements has prepared a real California welcome for the visitors in the way of special entertainment. Through the courtesy of the Pacific Greyhound Bus Lines, buses will leave the St. Francis Hotel at 10:30 A. M. on the morning of the 13th for a tour of the city, stopping at the Cliff House for luncheon as guests of the Southern Pacific Company. On May 14th, at 1:00 P. M., a boat ride around the harbor will be provided for members and their wives by the Pacific American Steamship Association. A Buffet Luncheon will be served on board. Transportation will be provided from the Hotel. For members who desire to play golf, arrangements have been made at the Lakeside Country Club and the San Francisco Golf & Country Club. Members who wish to do so may have luncheon at either of the Clubs. Bring your golf clubs if you wish to play golf. Our Luncheon Speaker Honorable Anthony F. Arpaia, Interstate Commerce Commissioner, will address the luncheon on May 13th. His subject will be: "The Attitude of the Several Forms of Trasportation Toward Regulation." Mr. Arpaia is a native of Connecticut; graduate of Yale Law School and former Managing Editor of the Yale Law Journal. He served as Judge, East Haven Town Court; Rent Director, New Haven Area, Chief Attorney and later State Director in the Connectic it Office of O. P. A. From 1925-1927 he was with the law firm of Wirth & Picard in the practice of international law at Berlin, Germany. He practiced law at New Haven, Connecticut in 1927 and during the World War served with S. A. T. C. Commissioner Arpaia is Past Commander, American Legion, New Haven Post No. 47; a member of Phi Alpha Delta and Alpha Phi Delta Fraternities. He was formerly General Counsel, Adley Express Company, New Haven, Connecticut. In order that our readers may be more fully acquainted with those who will lead the discussion of the Forums, a brief biography of each one is provided: First Day's Panel Howard G. Freas, Moderator, Rate Expert, California Public Utilities Commission, San Francisco, served for six years with railroads in Pennsylvania and California, as well as with a large California industrial concern. He has served as consultant to the United States Maritime Commission; taught Transportation at Stanford University, and has contributed papers on transportation to Business Journals. He is Adviser to LaSalle Extension University and has been Secretary to the Mountain Pacific States Conference of Public Utilities Commissioners since its inception in 1942. Jonathan C. Gibson, long prominent in the law and transportation field, is Vice-President and General Counsel of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway System. A Virginian by birth, graduate of George Washington University Law School, former Examiner, Interstate Commerce Commission, in the private practice of law in New York and Washington, he joined the staff of the Santa Fe in 1934 as General Attorney, becoming Vice-President and General Counsel in 1948. Giles Morrow, Executive Secretary and General Counsel of the Freight Forwarders Institute, Washington, D. C., a position he has held since 1940, for a number of years was with the Association of American Railroads; he is Vice-President of the Association of Interstate Commerce Commission Practitioners; active member of the American Bar Association; the National Defense Transportation Association and the United States Chamber of Commerce. He has served as Editor-in-Chief of the I. C. C. Practitioners Journal and for several years has edited the Freight Forwarder Section of the Journal. James Pinkney, General Counsel of the American Trucking Associations, Inc., Washington, D. C., a native of West Virginia; graduate of Davidson College and University of Colorado. Mr. Pinkney practiced law in Denver, Davidson, N. C. and Washington, D. C.; former Chief Examiner, Bureau of Motor Carriers, Interstate Commerce Commission; member of the North Carolina, Colorado and D. C. Bar Associations. During World War II, Mr. Pinkney held the rank of Colonel in the Air Force. He served in Washington, D. C. and the Far East; former Professor of Political Science, Davidson College; visiting Professor of Law, University of Colorado, 1947. George H. Shafer, General Traffic Manager, Weyerhaeuser Sales Company, St. Paul, Minnesota; native of Illinois, began his transportation career with the Chicago & Alton Railroad; he was an anti-aircraft machine gunner in World War I; served in the Traffic Department of International Harvester Company, and as Chief of the Section of Rates and Tariffs of the Illinois Commerce Commission, affiliating with the Weyerhaeuser Interests as General Traffic Manager and Commerce Counsel in 1937. He is an active member of the National Industrial Traffic League; member of the American Bar Association; Past President of the National Association of Shippers Advisory Boards, and various other traffic organizations. James Sinclair, President and General Manager, Luckenbach Steamship Company, Inc., and Luckenbach Gulf Steamship Company, Inc., with headquarters in New York City, was born in Michigan. Mr. Sinclair began his career as a newsboy in Chicago, after which he worked in the Traffic Department of Standard Oil Company of Indiana; Edison Electric Company and Haas Baruch & Company. From 19171919, he served in the United States Naval Reserve and on various ships during World War I; from 1920-1943 he was affiliated with the shipping interests in various official capacities, culminating in his present position. Second Panel Discussion The Moderator, Allan P. Matthew, is an attorney-at-law, San Francisco, California. He is a member of the firm of McCutchen, Thomas, Matthew, Griffiths & Green. Mr. Matthew was born in Illinois; graduated from Harvard Law School; George Washington University Law School; former Secretary to Commissioner Franklin K. Lane of the Interstate Commerce Commission; Attorney and Assistant Examiner, Interstate Commerce Commission in 1910, when he joined the Law Department of the Western Pacific Railroad. In 1918 he entered the private practice of law. He is a member of the American Bar, California and San Francisco Bar Associations; President of the Association of Interstate Commerce Commission Practitioners 1936-37. Robert N. Burchmore, of the firm of Walter, Burchmore & Belnap, Chicago, Illinois, graduated from Northwestern University School of Law; engaged in practice before the Interstate Commerce Commission and State Commissions and in State and Federal Courts, specializing in transportation and commerce cases. Member of the Chicago and American Bar Associations; he is Chairman of the Legislative Committee of the Association of Interstate Commerce Commission Practitioners. Mr. Burchmore served in the United States Navy during World War II and he holds a Reserve Commission as Lt. Commander. S. H. Moerman, is a member of the law firm of LaRoe, Brown & Winn, Washington, D. C. He has been associated with his present firm since 1933, specializing in practice before the Interstate Commerce Commission. Mr. Moerman served in the United States Navy in the Mediterranean during World War II as Lieutenant. James H. Morrison, Senior Rate Expert, California Public Utilities Commission, San Francisco; native of Nova Scotia, Canada, naturalized American citizen, educated in New England and served with the Canadians in World War I; affiliated with the Canadian Pacific in 1918 and Southern Pacific in 1919. Mr. Morrison was with the Traffic Department of the Denver & Rio Grande Railroad from 1930 until he entered the employment of the Railroad Commission of California in 1935. John R. Turney. member of the law firm of Turney & Turney, Washington, D. C., native of Tennessee; graduate of Vanderbilt University Law School; practiced law at Nashville from 1908-1910 and at Jonesboro, Arkansas from 1910-1917. From 1917-1922 he was General Solicitor of the St. Louis Southwestern Railway Lines, becoming Vice President in Charge of Traffic of that railroad in 1929 where he remained until 1933 when he became Director of Transportation Service under Honorable Joseph B. Eastman, then Federal Coordinator of Transportation. He served in that capacity until 1935 when he entered the general practice of law at Washington, D. C. for several years. In 1942 he was appointed Director of Traffic Movement, Office of Defense Transportation, and held that position until January, 1943, when he resumed the practice of law in Washington. He was President of the Association of Interstate Commerce Commission Practitioners in 194950. |